Difficulty is one of the prices that we pay for our blessings.

Satan has no power over us except as we give it to him. God never forces us to do right, and Satan has no power to force us to do wrong.

A story is told that Whistler once painted a tiny picture of a spray of roses. The artistry involved in the picture was magnificent. Never before, it seemed, had the art of man been able to execute quite so deftly a reproduction of the art of nature.

The best way to improve our lives is to improve our thoughts.

Hang on the walls of your mind the memory of your successes. Take counsel of your strength, not your weakness. Think of the good jobs you have done. For whenever excellence is recounted, it is increased.

Everything depends on attitude. We are ambitious or lazy, enthusiastic or dull, loyal or undependable, according to our attitude.

We can cross the rivers of doubt and discouragement on the bridge of faith even before we get to them